Krabia School Case Study
ANALYTICAL STUDY OF PAINT LAYER IN MURAL PAINTING OF KRABIA SCHOOL (19th c.), CAIRO, EGYPT
Nabil A. Bader1 & Waeel, B. Rashedy2
1 Conservation Department, Faculty of Archaeology, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.
2 Islamic Department, Faculty of Archaeology, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.
Received: 21/07/2014 Accepted: 12/08/2014
Corresponding author: Nabil Bader (drnabil_bader@yahoo.com)
ABSTRACT
Krabia School was decorated with wall paintings which were applied at ceiling and walls of halls and rooms by oil techniques. The Krabia School is dating back to Khediew Ismail period (1875AD/1292Higri). These wall paintings suffered from several deteriora-tion aspects such as flaking, powdering, cracking, discoloration, salt effects and …show more content…
Khediewy Ismail made his great efforts to establish primary schools in Cairo and various capitals, one of these was Krabia School, which had been estab-lished for teaching girls. In the Nile calen-dar for Amin Sami EL-Baroudi (El-Baroudi, 1936), it is mentioned that, in 1292 Hegira many schools were opened in Cairo, one of them was Krabia School for teaching girls with 152 pupils, primary education and handicraft. Through this study we can de-cide the exact date of the school from stud-ying its architectural and fine elements. We can emphasize the creation date of the school which returns to the end of the 13th Hegira century /last quarter of 19th centu-ry …show more content…
This design layer appears to have been executed according to the oil paint-ings technique on dry plaster, having rough layer (arriccio) made from lime and sand, applied in varying thicknesses and in multiple layers to build up and level the wood and wall which was applied under another white fine layer of plaster (intona-co) varying in thickness from 2-6μ (Fig.2), used as a finishing coat and provided the ground for the mural scheme including in composition lime and inert materials like tow (An analysis and further characteriza-tion of these two plaster layers is dis-cussed). Pigments were executed in oil painting. Oil paintings are directly execut-ed on dry plaster. Drying oils have been used as binding media for pigments in wall paintings in the Krabia School. Oils form solid film layers by reacting with the
Nabil A. Bader1 & Waeel, B. Rashedy2
1 Conservation Department, Faculty of Archaeology, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.
2 Islamic Department, Faculty of Archaeology, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.
Received: 21/07/2014 Accepted: 12/08/2014
Corresponding author: Nabil Bader (drnabil_bader@yahoo.com)
ABSTRACT
Krabia School was decorated with wall paintings which were applied at ceiling and walls of halls and rooms by oil techniques. The Krabia School is dating back to Khediew Ismail period (1875AD/1292Higri). These wall paintings suffered from several deteriora-tion aspects such as flaking, powdering, cracking, discoloration, salt effects and …show more content…
Khediewy Ismail made his great efforts to establish primary schools in Cairo and various capitals, one of these was Krabia School, which had been estab-lished for teaching girls. In the Nile calen-dar for Amin Sami EL-Baroudi (El-Baroudi, 1936), it is mentioned that, in 1292 Hegira many schools were opened in Cairo, one of them was Krabia School for teaching girls with 152 pupils, primary education and handicraft. Through this study we can de-cide the exact date of the school from stud-ying its architectural and fine elements. We can emphasize the creation date of the school which returns to the end of the 13th Hegira century /last quarter of 19th centu-ry …show more content…
This design layer appears to have been executed according to the oil paint-ings technique on dry plaster, having rough layer (arriccio) made from lime and sand, applied in varying thicknesses and in multiple layers to build up and level the wood and wall which was applied under another white fine layer of plaster (intona-co) varying in thickness from 2-6μ (Fig.2), used as a finishing coat and provided the ground for the mural scheme including in composition lime and inert materials like tow (An analysis and further characteriza-tion of these two plaster layers is dis-cussed). Pigments were executed in oil painting. Oil paintings are directly execut-ed on dry plaster. Drying oils have been used as binding media for pigments in wall paintings in the Krabia School. Oils form solid film layers by reacting with the